Draymond Green personally texting LeBron James’ team about potential Warriors trade has fans fuming

The Golden State Warriors had tried to trade for LeBron James, only for James to commit to the Los Angeles Lakers.

Draymond Green personally texting LeBron James’ team about potential Warriors trade has fans fuming

Draymond Green reached out to his agent Rich Paul to convince LeBron James to join the Warriors (image via Open Source/X)

LeBron James was linked to a few potential exit strategies before the trade deadline this year. There were reports of him wanting a trade out of the Los Angeles Lakers in case they could not strengthen the roster. Reports were linking him to several teams. However, one team flew under the radar. It was the Golden State Warriors. More specifically, their star Draymond Green who is good friends with LeBron James, asked him to join the Warriors.

ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski and Ramona Shelburne documented that the Golden State Warriors had made calls to Lakers owner Jeanie Buss about a potential trade for James. Buss deferred the call to James’ agent Rich Paul who made it clear that James had no intention of leaving Los Angeles. This led Draymond Green to call up Rich Paul who is also his agent, and ask him to convince James to join the Warriors. This has not sat well with basketball fans.

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The Warriors saw LeBron James playing at an elite level even at age 39 and thought his addition would extend their championship window. Draymond Green would like nothing less than his close friend to join the Warriors and win championships together. James would have fit into their scheme well too.

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As the primary ball handler, James would help Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson play off the ball. Something that has been the recipe for success throughout their career. The Warriors with James would also have been significantly better at rebounds and points in the paint. This would help Green to hold his fort under the rim.

Fans call out Draymond Green for courting LeBron James

Fans were already reeling in shock when the news came out that the Golden State Warriors had tried to trade for LeBron James. When it further came out that Draymond Green tried to use their common agent Rich Paul to convince James to go to the Bay Area, fans could not stand the news.

Draymond Green wanted friend LeBron James to join the Golden State Warriors before the trade deadline
Draymond Green wanted friend LeBron James to join the Golden State Warriors before the trade deadline (image via LeBron James/x)

Draymond Green has a history of trying to court superstars to join the Warriors. He did that to convince Kevin Durant to join the Warriors. But basketball fans had a different take on what Green tried to do this time around. Check out some of those comments below;

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Draymond Green and the Warriors tried to extend their championship window by courting LeBron James. However, basketball fans were evidently not happy with this proposal.

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